Well that's a £150 fine so that's blown our summer transfer budget. 

A much needed result. Hopefully Bristol City will be in mid table mode and we get a result there then we'll be home and dry. 

6-5 anyone? 

22 minutes ago, Silas said:

Doesn't that prove the shit ref theory. 

Agree. The ref was shit but if he wasn't we'd have been chasing 2 goals 

1 hour ago, philipl said:

Waggott is the lowest form of worm.

I hope the reason for my posting this isn't coming to pass.

Dish it up, don't dangle it and not say anything 

Should be sending pears up at the end. Better yet send him up and tell him to try and save it

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

That's handball!!!!!

All day long! 

We've been poor but they've been absolutely shockingly poor and I think we deserve atleast a point, possibly a win on the basis of being the least worst. 

Just now, K-Hod said:

To quote Steve Coogan ‘this is liquid football’.
But it actually isn’t, is it?

Depends what the liquid is, it looks remarkably similar to the food poisoning I had a few months ago... 

We put a ball in first time  rather than dicking about playing short and we got a shot at goal. A poor one but a shot on goal none the less

Was anyone else nervous when Ipswich passed it back to pears after we put the ball out? 

I get why its offside but rules at the moment seen to be designed to take goals out of football as much as possible. 

My wife keeps saying "no no , I'll do it you sit down and watch your football" I dont think she realises that thats not a very nice gesture 

1 hour ago, Gav said:

"once in a generation talent pool" is something we've been hearing for decades, usually with the same outcome, failure!

Exactly. How many of the current pool would get in a combined 11 with either the Euro 2004 or Euro 96 squad? And that's just in my life time.

None of the GK or defence now is better than Euro 2004 - there's maybe an argument for Walker.

Midfield - Rice maybe but, is he any better than the likes of Carrick, Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard? 

Attack - Bellingham absolutely, Foden probably. Kane is obviously absolutely fantastic but England have always had great strikers to choose from - linekar, shearer, Owen, Rooney etc

Compared to the 2014 squad then we are unrecognisably better and we have some really exciting talent but is it really the best crop players we've ever had to choose from? 

Shouldn't even be in charge of tying his own shoe laces let alone a football club. Needs to fuck off.

Hope he gets an egg to the face. A boiled one. 

1 hour ago, lraC said:

Whether people rated him or not, is  irrelevant really now. We have lost a manager who was so honest and decent and prepared to let the fans know about some of the crazy things going on at the club

It's a sad state to be in but I would prefer a manager who loses games but is shouting at the top of his voice about how shit the club is rather than a manager who gets wins and but blows peas up waggots arse. 

On a seperate note - why does sterling insist on volunteering for set pieces. He's such a technically limited player why embarrass yourself by pulling rank and taking a penalty when there's a good chance you'll miss. As for the free kick that was laughable. 

BBC showing a replay whilst Leicester get a goal back. How much of live football is actually just watching a replay? 

Missed a goal cos of a replay then we were watching a replay  of that as Chelsea went up the other end and had a chance. 

I've only seen in passing on Facebook and haven't read in detail as I'm out and about but nixon has done a story saying venkys have been approached buy potential buyers but won't sell unless we get to the PL. As frustrating as that is as we'll never get promotion under the venkys, it might at least shut up the crowd who always spout "who is going to buy us" 

6 hours ago, ABBEY said:

personall,y I for one could not give a flying shit.

Yeah - it's a shame there's not 100s of other threads you could read and are stuck reading just this one. 

39 minutes ago, tomphil said:

That's before then there is after i.e the Indian govt will want proof the money was used for what it was allocated for and nothing else.

That's the centre of this whole issue.

Then surely once that is confirmed as legit and signed off then the 11 million equivalent should be released back to Vs or obviously held if the same amount is allowed to be sent again.  It can't be as if they have to keep giving the govt equal amounts as security and they just keep hold of it as has been mentioned.

Admittedly I hadn't given it much thought but I'd thought it was that they put the money in a bond and then it would be released after the investigation had ended but what you said makes me sense. 

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I actually thought it was a really disappointing game given the quality of the two sides. City weren't at it at all I didn't think

 

Depends. I think if you were rooting for city it was probably a damp squib. If you were rooting for Liverpool it was quite exciting - some big let offs at one end and some great chances at the other. 

Is there any point in sports broadcasters employing referees as pundits? 95% of the time they agree with what ever decision is made no matter how bizzare it is. 

Mike Dean yesterday after that high boot 

"He's got to go to the monitor here, thats a penalty"

"Check complete"

"Yeah, not a pen for me" 

It's more comforting to think that there is a big malicious ulterior motive behind it like a match fitting betting scandal. Because if that's true it can eventually unravel, venkys get punished, we're freed from our captors and justice is served. 

Because the alternative is that it's not, it's just incompetence and lower level book fiddling, the reign of terror is indefinite and we don't get justice. 

And for that reason I hope we are a money laundering outfit. 

11 hours ago, Mike E said:

I think the Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience shows that AI has a way to go before it can overtake actual creativity.

As long as its good enough to rip off my cowboy of an estate agents photos, it'll do for now 🤣